Where home is a shipping container the scandal of homelessness for some of englands children. And why the first team in 15 years to dive down to the wreck of the titanic say its deteriorating fast. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, england say they believe batsman jason roy will be fit, despite being hit on the head in the nets in the build up to tomorrows third ashes test at headingley. Good evening. Borisjohnson, making his first overseas trip as Prime Minister to germany, has declared in the presence of Angela Merkel that the uk wants a brexit deal but that the government cannot accept the irish backstop. The backstop guarantees an open border on the island of ireland if theres no trade agreement after brexit, and its part of the withdrawal deal drawn up by the eu and theresa may. Mrs merkel has repeatedly said that deal cannot be renegotiated, but she did today appear open to the uk coming up with some sort of alternative to the backstop in as little as 30 days. Our Political
Brexit story of all the papers on the front page. Let us start with the front page. Let us start with the metro and heres the headline, thatis the metro and heres the headline, that is their take on this review into hsz, are they trying to push this into the long grass or get rid of it altogether. I get a train down from the park and quite a few days in the week and you can get a metro there and this is a train story on there and this is a train story on the day were you just ran through everything being about brexit and the train is using, i think this smacks of election hearing. This has to do with the merits of the case. This is probably dominic but he can get blamed for everything because he cannot answer back. Boris johnsons chief adviser. In producing why do they have him with his influence. Actually do think that the review will be a process to assure people in constituencies that they are doing something about it. Hs2 has got to happen. The pollution route that exists on the ma
Donald trump cancels a state visit to denmark after the danish Prime Minister said greenland is not for sale. And that 11 30pm we will be taking a review of via papers. Stay with us for that. The papers. Hello, good evening. Borisjohnson is making his first overseas trip as Prime Minister to germany has declared in the presence of Angela Merkel that the uk wants a brexit deal, but that the government cannot accept the irish backstop. The backstop guarantees an open border on the island of ireland if there is no trade agreement after brexit, and its part of the withdrawal deal drawn up by the eu and theresa may. Mrs merkel has repeatedly said that deal cannot be renegotiated. But, she did appear today open to mr johnson coming up with some kind of alternative to the backstop in as little as 30 days. Then write reports. Then another Prime Minister arrives in berlin to demand more concessions on brexit. Prime minister, are you hopeful of a deal . Its a familiar tune, but this time the dea
A so called landmark ruling in the us Opioid Crisis has been handed down to drugs giantJohnson Johnson by a judge in oklahoma. The company was ordered to pay 572 million for its role in the crisis which is more than double what other firms have already shelled out. Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma settled with the state for 270 million. And there was an 85 million settlement with israeli owned Teva Pharmaceutical industries announced earlier this year. Around 2,000 other lawsuits related to the Opioid Crisis are awaiting trial on a federal level thats due to head to court in october. Now shares inJohnson Johnson rose about 5 following the verdict. Thats because the fine is fraction of the multi billion Dollar Settlement the prosecution was seeking. The company says it will appeal the ruling. Samira hussain in new york has more. Thejudge in the judge in oklahoma thejudge in oklahoma says the judge in oklahoma says that Johnson Johnson was responsible for fuelling the Johnson Johnson was re
One neighbours bury face the same deadline to complete the sale of the club. Strictly stars take to the stage ahead of the shows 17th series. We hear from a familiar face as he prepares to take a leap into the unknown. Good morning from Primrose Hill. After a weekend some record breaking late Bank Holiday August temperatures, today once again in the south east its going to be hot, dry and sunny, but there are some thunderstorms in the forecast. Ill tell you where in 15 minutes. Its tuesday the 27th of august. Our top story the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn will today meet other Opposition Party leaders as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no deal brexit. Mr corbyn has said hes open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. Lets cross to westminster and join our Political Correspondent iain watson. Good morning to you, iain. How likely are they all to get to an agreement . I think its going to be difficult. They a